Chondria C. Agardh, 1817

de Clerck, Olivier, Coppejans, Eric, Schils, Tom, Verbruggen, Heroen, Leliaert, Frederik, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3021-3057 : 3043-3044

Chondria C. Agardh

Key to the species from Rodrigues

1 Thalli distinctly pinkish, forming dense patches; axes with acute apices Chondria armata

– Thalli never forming dense aggregates, colour yellowish brown; apices invaginated 2

2 Thalli creeping, with multiple points of attachment to substrate or host.................... Chondria collinsiana

– Thalli erect, arising from a small discoid holdfast..... Chondria dasyphylla

* Chondria armata (Kützing) Okamura, 1907: 69–71 , pl. XVI, figures 9–19

References: Jaasund, 1976: 135, figure 272; Cribb, 1996: 75, figure p. 74; Tseng, 1984: 144, pl. 75, figure 4 ; Millar, 1990: 459–460, figure 71A, B; Kraft et al., 1999: 22, figure 38; Littler and Littler, 2003: 144, bottom figure p. 145.

Type locality. Wagap , New Caledonia .

Voucher. HEC 14632, 18 September 2001, western side of Cotton Bay (s.s. 13).

Ecology. Epilithic on horizontal substrate, just above spring low water level. Indian Ocean distribution. Burma, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laccadives, Mauritius ( Ballesteros, 1994: 538, figure 1a–c ), Mozambique, Rodrigues (this paper), South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania.

Figures

FIGS 1–7. Rhodophytes. (1) Gracilaria corticata (HEC 14627). (2) Renouxia antillana (HEC 14804). (3) Platoma cyclocolpa (HEC 14805). (4) Titanophora pikeana (HEC 14875). (5, 6) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 14876): (5) general morphology; (6) serrate margin. (7) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 15134b): cross-section showing cortex and medulla with densely stained ganglionic cells. Scale bars: 1 cm (1, 3, 4); 2 cm (2, 5); 5 mm (6); 50 Mm (7).